Publicity Chair Michelle Clancy

SAN JOSE, Calif., – April, 29, 2014 – Calypto® Design Systems, Inc., a leader in low-power solutions and high-level design and verification, today announced the opening of new Calypto office with technology experts capable of supporting increased demand from Korean customers. Calypto’s new support center of excellence, allows Calypto to better serve its three primary product families (Catapult®, SLEC® and PowerPro®).

As part of Calypto’s expansion, the company has appointed Vikas Tyagi as director of application engineering for the Asia-PAC region. Vikas has extensive experience in both high-level synthesis and RTL power optimization, and is the ideal individual to lead the Calypto Korean operation towards additional deployment in the Korean market. Calypto’s expanded support organization boasts expertise in deployment and training to assist the novice as well as the veteran tool user.

“Korea is a major hub of electronic design innovation especially in the mobile consumer products market,” said Sanjiv Kaul, President and CEO at Calypto. “Mobile products require design tools that help engineering teams achieve ever-increasing time to market challenges. This is where Calypto’s tools excel.”

Sales of Calypto product will continue to be driven by Saline, Calypto’s exclusive distributor in Korea. “Saline is very pleased with this expansion, which marks the next major milestone of Calypto's presence in Korea,” said Hyo-Soon Lim, VP Sales & Marketing, Saline. “Our close collaboration with Calypto has proven very beneficial for Korea’s growing electronic design community.”

About Calypto

Calypto® Design Systems, whose customers include Fortune 500 companies worldwide, is a member of the ARM Connected Community, Cadence Connections program, the IEEE‐SA, Synopsys SystemVerilog Catalyst Program, the Mentor Graphics OpenDoor program, Si2 and is an active participant in the Power Forward Initiative. Calypto has offices in Europe, India, Japan and North America.

Catapult, Calypto, PowerPro and SLEC are registered trademarks of Calypto Design Systems Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.